2021 Perth City Council election

The 2021 Perth City Council election was held on 16 October 2021 to elect four councillors to the City of Perth. The election was held as part of the statewide local elections in Western Australia.[1]

2021 Perth City Council election

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Turnout28.55%

No election for lord mayor was held, as the term of incumbent Basil Zempilas did not expire until 2023. Four other councillors were also not up for election.[2]

This was the final Perth City Council election to use first-past-the-post.[3]

Results

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2021 Western Australian local elections: Perth[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Liam Gobbert (elected) 1,793 10.82
Independent Clyde Bevan (elected) 1,705 10.29
Independent Liberal Brent Fleeton (elected) 1,654 9.98
Independent Labor Viktor Andrew Ko (elected) 1,303 7.87
Independent Raj Doshi 1,291 7.79
Independent Steve Hasluck 1,179 7.12
Independent Bruce Reynolds 1,030 6.22
Independent Liberal Kylee Veskovich 954 5.76
Independent Deni Symonds 948 5.72
Independent Jeff Broun 873 5.27
Independent Cath Hewitt 728 4.39
Independent Gloria Zhang 720 4.35
Independent Andrew Toulalan 648 3.91
Independent Daniel Ortlepp 635 3.83
Independent Michelle Rosenberg 621 3.75
Independent Jackie McKay 483 2.92
Total formal votes 4,629 99.32
Informal votes 32 0.68
Turnout 4,661 28.55

References

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  1. ^ "City of Perth Council Election 2021". City of Perth.
  2. ^ "Basil Zempilas elected as new City of Perth Lord Mayor after years of commissioner-led council". ABC News. 18 October 2020.
  3. ^ "WA rolls out local government electoral reforms ahead of October elections". The Mandarin.
  4. ^ "2021 Ordinary Election - Perth". Western Australian Electoral Commission.